High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lindsay Ann Hawker (30 December 1984 – 24 March 2007) was a 22-year-old British teacher who was killed in Japan in early 2007. The man seen fleeing the apartment where she was killed, Tatsuya Ichihashi, was wanted by police for abandonment of a body. On 10 November 2009, it was reported by Japanese news media as well as BBC News that Ichihashi had been apprehended by Japanese police. On 5 July 2011, Ichihashi confessed to killing her, stating that he smothered her to prevent her from screaming while raping her. On 21 July 2011, Ichihashi was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder.